The
sailor scouts spread out to surround the evil queen. Beryl just sneered at the band of warriors.
"Very
well, Sailor Moon, if you and your friends wish for death, then I shall give it
to you." Beryl's body exploded with dark energy, and she grew to the size of
small skyscraper. Her fingers crackled
with power, and a sadistic smile spread across her face.
"Now…now…who
should be first? Why not start with the
first planet of this solar system."
"Mercury,
head-ups!" Jupiter shouted. She barely
had time to jump out of the way before a bolt of black lightning hit her
position.
"You
okay?" Greg gasped as he rushed to her side.
"Yeah,
I'm fine. Watch it!" Mercury pushed
them both out of the way as Beryl took another shot at them.
"That's
enough, Beryl!" Sailor Moon shouted. Her scepter appeared at her command, and she concentrated her
powers.
"MOON
SPIRO HEART ATTACK!!!" The barrage of energy hit the dark queen and bounced off
her like a fly.
"What?"
the scouts gasped. Beryl just laughed.
"I
warned you, Sailor Moon, I'm much more powerful than I was the first time we
fought."
Sailor
Moon clutched the moon crystal in her hand and closed her eyes.
"You
may have changed Beryl, but so have I…MOON CRISIS POWER!!!" Releasing her
energy, Serena became Super Sailor Moon.
"Ah
yes, I remember this. You received a
talisman that allowed you to transform didn't you?" Beryl laughed. "So…what are
you now…a Super Sailor Scout?"
"I'm
your worst nightmare. RAINBOW MOON HEARTACHE
REFORM!!!" A rainbow of heart energy poured onto the queen of the Negaverse,
and yet she merely seemed bored with the attack.
"Why
doesn't it work?" Sailor Moon gasped. Beryl let out her sadistic laugh once again.
"Poor…poor
little princess, do you really think that I'm that stupid? I've been watching you since the day of my
banishment- your battles with the Doom Tree, the NegaMoon family, the Doom
Phantom, and even your battle with Mistress Nine. I've seen it all!"
"I
also knew about your transformation capabilities; that is why I did not return
until I was powerful enough to withstand anything you threw at me. You think that just because you're on the
side of 'love and justice' that you'll always win. How pathetic!"
Sailor
Moon suddenly felt numb. Beryl had been
preparing for her; she'd been studying her battles and fights over the last few
years. No wonder her attacks didn't
faze her.
"What
now, Sailor Moon, she knows all of our attacks?" Mars gasped.
"There's
nothing left but for all of you to die!" Within a fraction of a second, black
tentacles sprung out from Beryl's position and wrapped themselves around the
scouts. A second set wrapped around the
guys and held all of them in midair. The only one who was left free was Sailor Moon.
"Leave
them out of this!" Sailor Moon shouted. Beryl smirked and sent surges of energy through each tentacle. The scouts cried out in pain as immense dark
power poured into their bodies.
"Now,
you sailor brat, you're going to watch your friends not to mention your
daughter and prince die, slowly and painfully. And the best part is…there is nothing you can do about it!" Beryl
cackled with sheer delight as Sailor Moon looked on in horror. The leader of the scouts collapsed to her
knees and shivered.
"Yes,
that's what I've been waiting to see, that look of utter helplessness on your
face, moon princess!"
Sailor
Moon gazed at each of her friends as they cried out in pain. She could feel the agony of their suffering
as if it were her own. She watched her
precious Darien being tortured all over again, and she had to watch as her
daughter was subjected the excruciating pain.
She
felt her heart breaking; she was helpless. She was so scared, and yet…there was something else welling up inside
her. As she heard her friends crying
out, begging her for help, and her daughter wailing at the top of her lungs,
something inside her snapped.
The
scouts could feel the life draining out of them and knew that this was the
end. They all turned towards their
consorts, wanting their last site to be of the man they loved.
"COSMIC
MOON POWER!!!"
A
massive light exploded throughout the chamber, and Beryl grimaced in slight
pain, forcing her to release her grip on the scouts.
The
sailors slowly rose to their knees and gazed towards the source of the
light. There was Sailor Moon, glowing
as bright as the sun and emitting enough energy to light up half the
planet. Her blue eyes burned with a
fury that would have consumed the deadliest of demons. They burned a trail straight towards the
queen of the Negaverse.
"Very
cute, Sailor Moon, what now…am I going to see you turn into Queen Serenity?"
Beryl laughed.
Serena's
eyes never left her enemy. Alongside
with her sorrow and anguish, she had also felt a tremendous amount of anger-
righteous anger. She'd never truly lost
her temper with anyone before, but she had been pushed well beyond her limits
by now. One way or the other, she was
going to make sure that Beryl burned in hell for what she'd done.
"Serena?"
Darien said worriedly as he saw the look in her eyes. He'd never seen her filled with such intense rage- not even when
she'd been mad at him.
"Beryl!"
Sailor Moon shouted, and her energy erupted. Once again, her uniform changed- her skirt lengthened even further, a
silver mail appeared over her torso, bearing a crescent moon symbol, and silver
gauntlets formed around her wrists. Her
scepter morphed into a sword hilt, and Sailor Moon extended her hand. A beam of pure energy ignited from the hilt,
and it rose almost three feet into the air.
"What
are you doing?" Beryl demanded with a slight hint of apprehension in her voice.
"You're
right, Beryl, I can't beat you with my old attacks, but I can beat you with a
new one." Sailor Moon clutched her sword in her hands and glared at her
opponent.
"Take
your best shot, moon brat!"
"I'd
be happy to. MOON…SABRE…ANNIHILATION!!!" Sailor Moon slammed her sword down onto the
ground, and a massive pulse of energy surged towards the dark queen. The wave exploded into thousands of crescent
moon shapes and slashed through Beryl's defenses like razors.
"Ahhhhh!!!"
she screeched as the attack hit her directly, and she was forced backwards.
Sailor
Moon clutched her blade as her breathing shortened; that attack had taken a lot
of her power. Beryl was quick back on
her feet.
"Damn
you, Sailor Moon, now you'll die!" The evil woman brought her hands together,
and her power formed into a glowing ball of dark, nega-power.
"Sailor
Moon!" the scouts shouted as they ran to her. They all looked on as Beryl's energy continued to gather.
"Guys,
I need you; I can't beat her alone," Serena begged. Her closest friends all smiled at her.
"Think
we'd leave you now?" Mars quipped.
"Right
girlfriend, we're here for you," Venus chimed in.
"Let's
rock!" Jupiter said firmly.
"Everyone,
form up!" Mercury instructed.
The
scouts lined up together and concentrated their powers. Each one of them began glowing their
perspective color. Then, each of the
scouts felt two hands on their shoulders. Their consorts had joined them for the final battle.
"You
don't get rid of me that easily, babe," Chad said to Rei.
"That's
right, you're not alone anymore," Ken told Lita.
"I
will always be here for you," Glen said to Mina.
"Let's
do it together," Greg told Amy. The
girls were beside themselves, and love shone in each of their eyes.
Serena
felt Darien step beside her and wrap his arms around her shoulders; Reine came
up beside her and wrapped her small arms around her waist.
"How
sweet, but now you'll all die together!" Beryl hissed and launched her attack.
"Not
today, you sleaze queen." The scouts joined hands, and their power amplified.
"SAILOR…PLANET…POWER!!!"
Their combined powers formed into a single beam of energy.
The
two beams met head-on and exploded with unbelievable power; it was
standoff. Neither the scouts nor Beryl
held an advantage in power.
"Die,
sailor brats!" Beryl pushed all of her power into her blast, and it forced the
band of warriors back onto their heels.
"She's
too strong!" Venus gasped.
"Don't
give up, we can do this!" Mercury shouted.
"She's
right, I've got enough for one more attack, let's make it count!" Sailor Moon
ordered. Her sword glowed with her
power, and she closed her eyes to draw upon every ounce of strength she
had. The other scouts did the same and
released all of their power.
"MERCURY
TSUNAMI ARISE!!!"
"MARS
FIRESTORM CONSUME!!!"
"JUPITER
THUNDERSTORM UNLEASH!!!"
"VENUS
METEOR STORM!!!"
"MOON
SABRE ANNIHILATION!!!"
The
Sailor Scouts poured their hearts into one massive attack. They drew upon their love for their friends
and their lovers, just like Serenity had told them. Their greatest power came from their love for one another.
"This
can't be!" Beryl gasped as her attack was penetrated. "Not again…NOOOOOO!!!"
The combined powers disintegrated the dark queen and blasted her into
nothingness. The force of the blast was
so extreme that it threw the sailors all the way back of the tunnel they'd come
through.
Several
minutes passed by before any of them moved.
"Anybody
get the number of that bus?" Jupiter asked as she stumbled to her feet.
"Oh
man, that's smarts!" Venus groaned and rubbed her head.
"Everybody
all right?" Mercury questioned.
"Yeah,
I think so," Mars confirmed. She turned
to look at the young man next to her.
"How
'bout you?"
"I'll
live," Chad groaned and cracked his neck.
"Darien,
Serena, Reine?" Mercury asked.
"I'm
okay, and so is Reine," Darien confirmed. "Serena's okay, but she's unconscious." All eyes turned towards the
tuxedo-clad young man. He was holding a
limp Sailor Moon in his arms. Her
energy had been drained so much that she couldn't even remain in her
transformed state.
The
scouts turned to see the gateway to the Negaverse disappear into nothingness;
the doorway had been closed- hopefully for good this time.
"Well
everyone, I'd love to stay and celebrate, but I'm bagged," Lita said with a
slight laugh.
"Me
too," Ken agreed.
"Me
three!" Mina chirped up.
Everyone
returned to their everyday outfits, and the guys helped their girls up.
"I
say that we all head home and chat tomorrow," Amy advised.
"You
read my mind!" Rei said happily.
Darien
lifted Serena into his arms, and Reine hopped up onto her feet.
"Thanks
everybody, I know that Serena would thank you too, if she could," he laughed.
"No
problem, tux-boy, it's all part of the job!" Rei laughed. She grabbed Chad by the hand. "C'mon you,
let's go home."
"With
pleasure."
"We'll
see you guys tomorrow," Mina said and headed off with Glen.
"Catch
ya later," Lita piped up as she walked off with Ken supporting her slightly.
"Goodbye
Darien…Reine," Amy said politely and lead Greg back to her place.
Darien
looked down at the young woman in his arms; she'd done it again. This princess of his never ceased to amaze
him. Looking down at their daughter, he
gave her soft smile, and she grinned back at him.
"Let's
go home, Reine."
"Hmm…mmm,"
Serena said in her sleep and snuggled deeper into Darien's arms.
"What'd
she say?"
"She's
just agreeing with me," Darien chuckled.
"I
agree too, let's go."
With
that, the trio headed down the alley and back out onto the streets of
Tokyo. They headed for Darien's
apartment and some much needed R&R. Once again, the Sailor Scouts had done impossible. Serena and Darien had survived another test-
perhaps their toughest of all. Their
love had been bent but not broken. Sometimes Love Hurts, but it can make you stronger in the long run, if
you try hard enough.
Author's Notes: At last, this is done! Man, this took a long time, but I think it came out very well. I'm not sure yet, but I think that I might add an epilogue, just for the heck of it…yeah, why not! Hope you enjoyed this and remember…send me your thoughts!